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This Topics post will examine in detail two unique elements of the battle system which lend to its depth and variety—Battle Regimens and the incapacitation of body parts.
Battle Regimens and the incapacitation of body parts are two features designed to encourage and intensify teamwork and gameplay among party members. Given the added excitement and various benefits both of these tactics can yield, it would be remiss of players not to make use of them to the utmost!
Battle Regimens and the incapacitation of body parts are two features designed to encourage and intensify teamwork and gameplay among party members. Given the added excitement and various benefits both of these tactics can yield, it would be remiss of players not to make use of them to the utmost!
Battle Regimens
Battle Regimens are combat tactics which party members may employ against a single enemy. By coordinating and executing battle commands in a precise order, players may cause certain additional beneficial effects to occur.
A Battle Regimen begins with the stacking of battle commands. All party members who wish to take part in the Battle Regimen must stack their actions in the correct order against the desired target. One of the members then initiates the Battle Regimen, and the stacked actions will be executed automatically.
Executing a Battle Regimen
1. Consult with other party members to determine the best Battle Regimen to use against a specific target. The battle commands and the order in which they are to be executed should all be decided.
2. Wait until your position in the queue comes around to switch to Battle Regimen mode and select the battle command you wish to stack.
*A single party member cannot stack more than one action in a Battle Regimen.
3. After all participating party members have stacked their battle commands, one of the party members selects to initiate the Battle Regimen.
4. Once the Battle Regimen is initiated, the stacked battle commands will all be executed automatically, chaining together to create additional effects.
* Please note that factors such as distance from the enemy may prevent stacked battle commands from being executed once the Battle Regimen is initiated. In these cases, the Battle Regimen will not end, but will instead proceed on to the next command in the queue.
2. Wait until your position in the queue comes around to switch to Battle Regimen mode and select the battle command you wish to stack.
*A single party member cannot stack more than one action in a Battle Regimen.
3. After all participating party members have stacked their battle commands, one of the party members selects to initiate the Battle Regimen.
4. Once the Battle Regimen is initiated, the stacked battle commands will all be executed automatically, chaining together to create additional effects.
* Please note that factors such as distance from the enemy may prevent stacked battle commands from being executed once the Battle Regimen is initiated. In these cases, the Battle Regimen will not end, but will instead proceed on to the next command in the queue.
Additional Effects
The additional effects produced by successfully executed Battle Regimens, and the combinations that yield them, are listed below.
| Additional Effect | Combination | Example |
| Lowers a target’s physical defense | Normal attack ⇒ Normal attack | Light Slash ⇒ Heavy Strike |
| Lowers a target’s magic defense | Normal attack ⇒ Magic attack | Light Slash ⇒ Phantom Dart |
| Increases a target’s casting time/raises MP costs | Normal attack ⇒ Magic spell | Light Slash ⇒ Fire |
| Lowers a target’s TP progression/raises TP costs | Normal attack ⇒ Weaponskill | Light Slash ⇒ Red Lotus |
| Maintains the effectiveness of class abilities when used by different classes | Magic spell ⇒ Magic spell (both from same class) |
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| Weaponskill ⇒ Weaponskill (both from same class) |
Trunksplitter ⇒ Brandish | |
| Increases player damage | Weaponskill ⇒ Weaponskill ⇒ Magic spell (weaponskills from different classes, finishing spell is optional) |
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| Magic spell ⇒ Magic spell ⇒ Weaponskill (spells from different classes, finishing weaponskill is optional) |
Blizzard ⇒ Scourge ⇒ Puncture |
Damage to Body Parts
Among the enemies found throughout Eorzea, there are those with body parts susceptible to damage. Sustaining a certain amount of damage will result in those body parts becoming incapacitated. For example, an aldgoat’s horns may be broken, or a diremite’s stinger lopped off. This is achieved through the use of specific weaponskills that automatically target these body parts whenever they are present. When the body part of an enemy is incapacitated, it will suffer the following effects:
Weaken the monster
Prevent the monster from using its special attacks
Influence the type of loot dropped
The Art of Incapacitation
This portion will introduce some of the weaponskills capable of causing incapacitation, as well as the body parts those weaponskills target. Beyond those listed below, there are additional enemies with body parts capable of being incapacitated.
1. Incapacitating Weaponskills
2. Body Parts by Genus
1. Incapacitating Weaponskills
| Head | Limbs (Right) | Limbs (Left) | Limbs (Lower) | Other (Right) | Other (Left) | Other (Outer) | |
| Sword | -- | Riot Blade | -- | Red Lotus II | Spinstroke II | -- | Luminous Spire |
| Hand-to-Hand | Concussive Blow II | -- | -- | Seismic Shock II | Victimize II | Simian Thrash | Pounce |
| Axe | Skull Sunder II | -- | Maim | -- | -- | Brutal Swing II | Trunksplitter II |
| Polearm | -- | Moonrise II | Chaos Thrust | Skewer II | -- | Twisting Vice | -- |
| Archery | Shrieker | Barrage | Foeseeker | -- | Bloodletter | -- | -- |
2. Body Parts by Genus
| Head | Limbs (Right) | Limbs (Left) | Limbs (Lower) | Other (Right) | Other (Left) | Other (Outer) | |
| Hippogryph | Head | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Opo-opo | Head | -- | -- | Legs | -- | -- | -- |
| Gnat | Head | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Cactuar | -- | -- | -- | Legs | -- | -- | -- |
| Giant crab | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Shell |
| Salamander | -- | -- | -- | -- | Right Wart Cluster | Left Wart Cluster | -- |
| Wolf | Head | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Boar | Head | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Ahriman | Eye | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Tail |
| Wight | Skull | Right Humerus | Left Humerus | Femur | -- | -- | -- |
| Dodo | Head | -- | -- | Legs | -- | -- | -- |
| Coblyn | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Ore Cluster |
| Aldgoat | Horns | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Imp | Head | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Flytrap | Maw | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Antling | Mandibles | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Humanoids | Head | Right Arm | Left Arm | Legs | -- | -- | -- |
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